As I indicated yesterday, I'm working on a Warhawkfootball.com feature article on the highly publicized pipeline of student-athletes from Oak Park-River Forest High School in suburban Chicago two hours north to UW-Whitewater. I believe it was Max Sakellaris that was the first to journey north to Whitewater. That was in 2003.
Sakellaris returned how to become a football coach and teacher at OPRF High School. Two other members of the "Warhawk family" joined Max on the Huskies' football coaching staff. Former Warhawks' Randy Borgardt and Josh McMahon were also part of the OPRF coaching staff. The three have left Oak Park-River Forest for new jobs at Morton High School in Berwyn/Cicero, Ill. Max tells me that Randy is the Offensive Coordinator, Josh will be coaching wide recievers and Max will coach the offensive line on Morton High School's varsity staff.
Under the tutelage of UWW offensive line coach Steve Dinkel, Max was a four-year starter at offensive tackle, a fexture on the All-WIAC list (Three-time, First-Team selection and was a unanimous selection in his junior and senior seasons. A two-time All-American selection, Sakellaris ended his career by being named Don Hansen’s Football Gazette 2006 Offensive lineman of the year.
Among several other student-athletes to have migrated to UW-Whitewater is Levell Coppage. Already a two-time All-American running back entering his junior season, Coppage captured the 2009 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl "Player of the Game" honor scoring three touchdowns in the Hawk's 38-28 win over Mount Union to capture UWW's second Division III National Championship in three years.
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